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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (5 Mar 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2746/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (5 Mar 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a stakeholder forum on the State pension age and reform of same in the coming months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2961/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Judicial Reviews (5 Mar 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of judicial reviews taken against decisions made by An Bord Pleanála in each of the past five years and to date in 2020; the number of judicial reviews taken against directions made by him or his predecessor in the past five years to date; the number of judicial reviews taken against a planning authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (5 Mar 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to update planning regulations in respect of solar panel installations on houses and public buildings; if the potential in the removal of the need to obtain planning permission in order to install solar panels on public buildings if the building will harvest energy for use from the installations will be examined;...

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: An Dara Céim - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Second Stage (19 Mar 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I want to put on record Social Democrats appreciation for all the work and dedication of those in the front line - those in healthcare, those ensuring the supply chain of food, medicines and other essential goods, those who are keeping us safe in our communities and those who are reliably informing us about what we need to know. I also want to thank the public, who are leading from the...

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

Catherine Murphy: No, I am not happy that some of the amendments have been ruled out of order.

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I am sorry, they relate to section 5.

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I would like to understand the situation regarding someone who is told by his or her doctor to self-isolate, perhaps because of a compromised immune system. Those people are being given a medical direction to self-isolate, but they are not symptomatic. It is difficult to see how it is fair that someone is paid a different amount. It is also possible that someone in that category may not be...

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We would not be considering these measures except that we are in pretty exceptional times with a very exceptional crisis. The legislation has to be balanced but the sunset clause is necessary. It is not that this legislation is not being brought in in good faith and is not being deemed to be needed but one never knows where abuse might happen. There is a difference between laying a report...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I, too, would like to express my sympathies and the sympathies of the Social Democrats to those who have died during this Covid-19 pandemic in our health system. There is one particular time when people want to be around somebody close to them and that is when the person is dying. I know from my own experience of having been with my both parents when they died that there is something very...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (23 Apr 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I want to take the opportunity to express our sympathies to the families of all those who have died during the pandemic, some of whom could not be with their loved ones at this critical and sad time. This makes it so much more difficult. The number of deaths in recent days is a stark reminder that the virus is still in a very active phase. We are being informed that the numbers can be...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome this debate. I am of the view that we should just be following the normal format for oral questions because not having the responses to other questions is problematic. In the first instance, health must be the reference point. The return to a safe working environment whereby there will not be an resurgence of the virus is what we all aspire to. Over a number of weeks, the...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that but I would like the Minister to address some of the questions I asked on hairdressing, for example, and other areas like that.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Essentially, I am asking the Minister a very specific question. Is it going to be scaled up? There will be non-compliant industries and we need to know if there will be a means of enforcement.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What about the movement of construction workers across boundaries?

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: This is the second time in just over a decade that we face an economic crisis. This one is obviously very different because life and health are centre stage and the economic fallout is as a consequence of Covid-19. While I welcome the belated response to limit the spread, the investment in the development of medicines, and the research which is under way, and they are important, there is...

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: There is a very credible proposal coming from Spain on perpetual bonds, which would not mean an additional debt burden and which could be afforded with regard to the interest rate that would be payable Europe wide. It would be very similar to the Marshall aid plan post the Second World War. This is a disaster and is not unique to any individual member state. Real solidarity requires that...

Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (6 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: This is the first debate on tourism in the Thirty-third Dáil. Previously, it would have been difficult to imagine that we would be having this type of debate. I accept that a crystal ball is required to some degree in terms of what is likely to be the timeline for dealing with this virus in a way whereby we will not be talking about it because it is in the past. We must ensure that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: There is the specific and the general, and on the specific I do not think most of us would have an issue. It is the consequences or the unintended consequences that could follow on from doing this that is the net point about which there is concern. Until we are satisfied with that, it will be problematic and for that reason we think this motion should be deferred.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I cannot let the Minister's response stand because it is a misinterpretation of what I said. The point I was making was that we have no issue with the specific case of the removal of the Guerin report. The unintended consequences could be that it would lead to a call for other reports being, or a request-----